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andydp
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 Posted: 08/17/05 - 16:02 Post subject: Just another day in Los Angeles...
Extra points for those who correctly define one of the terms used in the article. (googling is cheating !!)
Mysterious reptile eludes capture in LA
17 August 2005
LOS ANGELES: A mysterious, alligator-like creature that surfaced in a Los Angeles suburb has eluded capture for nearly a week, shrewdly passing up raw chicken bait and dodging reptile wranglers in pontoon boats.
The 1.5m (Approx 5') reptile was first spotted last Wednesday swimming in a lake at an urban park in the gritty Los Angeles suburb of Harbour City.
Park officials concluded that it was probably a Caiman, a relative of the alligator indigenous to South America, and speculate that it may have been an exotic pet that was abandoned when it grew too large.
As word of the odd sighting spread, hundreds of spectators have turned up to watch crews of police, firefighters, park rangers, state fish and wildlife workers and even local herpetologists comb the 53-acre lake in pontoon boats, carrying nets and dangling raw chicken over the side.
Park officials are planning to take the reptile to the LA zoo when they capture it but all efforts so far to nab the creature have failed, despite claims by a local fisherman that he briefly ensnared it in a net by using flour tortillas as bait. (What would one expect in Southern Calif ?)
"They're very fast, you can't believe how fast these animals are," Jarron Lucas of the Southwestern Herpetologist Society told local KABC-TV.
"Everybody's got their roll of electrical tape," he said.
"If I'm on top of him the next person who runs up on top of me can quickly secure his mouth. If that happens here, you'll see everybody dog pile right on top of him." (Ed note: Go on ahead I'll be in the cheering section...)
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ShannonG
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Posted: 08/17/05 - 16:07 Post subject:
a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians
I didn't google; I have Merriam-Webster Online marked in my favorites list 
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 08/17/05 - 16:12 Post subject:
herpetologist studies reptiles
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ShannonG
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Posted: 08/17/05 - 16:13 Post subject:
| HYPERASHEL wrote: | | herpetologist studies reptiles |
Beatcha!
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jrjo
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Posted: 08/17/05 - 16:17 Post subject:
They need this guy!
..who actually bears a striking resemblance to me 
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 08/17/05 - 16:25 Post subject:
| ShannonG wrote: | | HYPERASHEL wrote: | | herpetologist studies reptiles |
Beatcha! |
WELL I WORK FOR A LIVING.... instead of staying home and forcing the kids too
well they pay me a little
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ShannonG
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Posted: 08/17/05 - 16:27 Post subject:
| HYPERASHEL wrote: | | ShannonG wrote: | | HYPERASHEL wrote: | | herpetologist studies reptiles |
Beatcha! |
WELL I WORK FOR A LIVING.... instead of staying home and forcing the kids too
well they pay me a little |
I had no idea the work ethic of these little people. I'm buying more sewing machines and getting me a little sweatshop going in the dining room. You should have seen how fast those little hands can fill a bag with freebies!
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 08/17/05 - 16:50 Post subject:
| ShannonG wrote: | | HYPERASHEL wrote: | | ShannonG wrote: | | HYPERASHEL wrote: | | herpetologist studies reptiles |
Beatcha! |
WELL I WORK FOR A LIVING.... instead of staying home and forcing the kids too
well they pay me a little |
I had no idea the work ethic of these little people. I'm buying more sewing machines and getting me a little sweatshop going in the dining room. You should have seen how fast those little hands can fill a bag with freebies! |
did ya check how many freebies the little hands pocketed? huh?
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Ms. Jenn
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Posted: 08/17/05 - 17:52 Post subject:
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 08/17/05 - 22:19 Post subject:
Five feet? And that's newsworthy?
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